The Hutchinson Chronology of World History: Prehistory-1491 AD - The Ancient and Medieval World v. 1 (Helicon history)

by HeliconBooks (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $5.87

  Starting with the year 3000 BC, this volume traces the growth of civilizations and empires around the world - Sumeria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, Greece, Italy and the Americas. It begins as the Neolithic and Bronze Age culture of Siyalk comes to an end, and concludes in the year in which Christopher Columbus made preparations for his momentous voyage, a year that also saw the births of Henry VIII, the future king of England, Jaques Cartier, the French explorer of the North American Atlantic coast, and the death of William Caxton, the first English printer.

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.25

  This volume begins with the death of President McKinley in the USA, propelling Teddy Roosevelt into office, and of Queen Victoria in the UK. During the same year instant coffee is created, the Chicago White Sox win the first American League championship, and students and workers riot throughout Russia over the repression of political activity. As 1998 draws to a close, it ends a century racked with The Great Depression and two World Wars, but marked by phenomenal strides of human endeavour.